Am I Expecting Too Much

jims-terrano · 04-01-2019, 12:06

I’m not too sure if I’m expecting too much or am I just moaning for the sake of it, what do you guys think.

My wife bought me a Coffee Maker for Christmas, unpacked it amd set it up yesterday. I won’t mention brand as that could lead to all kinds of problems. Anyway read the instructions and they said remove all the moveable parts and wash with warm soapy water and then run it through a coffee making cycle with plain water and no coffee.
No problem followed the instructions to the letter but decided I would run water through a couple of times. After second cycle there was still a plastic smell and the water was tainted with a plastic taste.
So ran water through a total of 6 times yesterday and same taint. Looked on the internet and found reviews and low and behold bingo loads of poor reviews complaining of the plastic taint.
So this morning after all the machine had dried out I washed all the removable parts and again ran plain water through but still the same taint and smell, the whole machine smells of this plastic smell. It’s not a burning smell it’s a new plastic electrical appliance smell that I’ve smelled before from new appliances like TVs and things.
So my wife has contacted the manufacturer who is a well known brand not a budget type brand. They have advised her to run the descale programme and use white vinegar through both the cleaning programme and also a coffee making cycle as before without the coffee and then run plain water through a cycle.
Now am I expecting too much of a appliance that I should have to go through all that malarkey of deep cleaning and using vinegar when it is brand new straight out of the box. Totally get wash and run a plain water cycle through a couple times but having to deep clean and use vinegar.

So am I a Victor Meldrew or is the manufacturer taking the weewee?

04-01-2019, 12:06	#1
jims-terrano Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: UK Posts: 12,965	Am I Expecting Too Much I’m not too sure if I’m expecting too much or am I just moaning for the sake of it, what do you guys think. My wife bought me a Coffee Maker for Christmas, unpacked it amd set it up yesterday. I won’t mention brand as that could lead to all kinds of problems. Anyway read the instructions and they said remove all the moveable parts and wash with warm soapy water and then run it through a coffee making cycle with plain water and no coffee. No problem followed the instructions to the letter but decided I would run water through a couple of times. After second cycle there was still a plastic smell and the water was tainted with a plastic taste. So ran water through a total of 6 times yesterday and same taint. Looked on the internet and found reviews and low and behold bingo loads of poor reviews complaining of the plastic taint. So this morning after all the machine had dried out I washed all the removable parts and again ran plain water through but still the same taint and smell, the whole machine smells of this plastic smell. It’s not a burning smell it’s a new plastic electrical appliance smell that I’ve smelled before from new appliances like TVs and things. So my wife has contacted the manufacturer who is a well known brand not a budget type brand. They have advised her to run the descale programme and use white vinegar through both the cleaning programme and also a coffee making cycle as before without the coffee and then run plain water through a cycle. Now am I expecting too much of a appliance that I should have to go through all that malarkey of deep cleaning and using vinegar when it is brand new straight out of the box. Totally get wash and run a plain water cycle through a couple times but having to deep clean and use vinegar. So am I a Victor Meldrew or is the manufacturer taking the weewee?